No provocative title today. No stirring the writers' pot. No sticking in someone's craw. No making a point that some find implausible and others find just right.
Let me tell you something about writers: they can be hard-headed and/or over-senstive. They can be people pleasers or people disdain-ers. Stubborn and/or determined.
They get defiant when challenged. They roll over when challenged. They justify being challenged and comply. They despise being challenged and rebel.
They're independent. They're dependent.
They're professional. And unprofessional. They know "it" all. They know very little.
They're arrogant. They're humble. They're somewhere in between.
They write well. They write poorly. And they write somewhere in between.
They like labels. They hate labels.
They're free spirits. They're legalists.
They're organized and do outlines, storyboards, notebooks, files.
They're haphazard, spontaneous, messy.
They love their fans and make efforts to address them.
They dread contact with their readers.
They're condescending to those who read commercial fiction.
They celebrate writing commercial fiction.
They're of a certain faith and write accordingly.
They shun faith and write to show humanity as the pinnacle of existence.
They write light. They write dark. They write somehwere in between.
Writers, who are you?
Father, you make us all. Thank you for life. In the Name of Jesus, Amen.
Into the Fire 
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